A conversation
With a true friend
Leaves your life richer
Maybe with a laugh
A smile on your face

My grandfather
told my father
when he proposed
to my mother
on one condition

You might know her
As blonde eyes
Or as the sister who bakes cookies
But you see
I don’t write this

Hillary’s beautiful Rose
Bumpy’s favorite princess
My mini-me, my little lion
Cute button nose
Framed by red hair

I enjoy his company
Riding shotgun
Conversation
No one to overhear
Our inside jokes

I’ve known
Deep inside
All along
My value
That I matter

Is there anyone worse than a denti
A dental surgeon
I think as I sit alone
Battling my nerves
As I listen to the patient next d

My heart breaks
A little each day
For problems I can’t solve
For things I can’t change
All I can do is pray

The medication is not me
But neither is the sickness it tre
You may hear its effects
In my voice
In my opinions

Springtime means
Berry pickin’
In warm sun
Therapeutic
Part of me